Clear The Vault
Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Collab with: Vault CityIPA - West Coast Special
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Score
7.18
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We jumped the chance to work with the brilliant team at Vault City. In Bakewell, we've decided to brew something rooted in our classic style - a crisp, clear west coast IPA. We agreed on using the experimental HBC522 from Yakima Chief, which tastes a lot like a classic american 'C' hop, bursting with orange, grapefruit and pine. To compliment this, we've added strata, for its huge layers of vibrant tropical fruit.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Keg at Hilpeรค Hauki, Helsinki.
The beer poured clear and golden in color.
Spicy, orange notes. Dry, malty and canned fruity. Bit meh really.
The beer poured clear and golden in color.
Spicy, orange notes. Dry, malty and canned fruity. Bit meh really.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2026
at 13:33
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
44cl can from Alko, Helsinki. Pours clear golden with a white head. Hoppy and fruity with notes of pine, citrus and tropical fruits. Moderate sweet with medium flavour intensity and ditto bitterness. Quite pleasant, and a nice change from all the hazy, fruit juice stuff....
Tried
from Can
from
Alko (Helsinki keskusta Stockmann)
on 31 Jul 2026
at 19:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hazy gold with a bubbly white head and a citrus hop aroma. Fresh with sweet grapefruit, citrus bitterness, resinous pine, some light biscuit malt and a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Old Bike Shop
on 24 Jul 2026
at 15:15
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Clear golden colour, small whjte head. A bit odd light grassy-fruity nose. Light-bodied. Typical Thornbridge light palate and flavour. Some citrus, touch of pine. A bit uninteresting.
Tried
from Can
from Alko (Webshop)
on 21 Jul 2026
at 19:42
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Earth aroma. Summer fruit and citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and light pine linger with citrus.
Tried
on 16 Jul 2026
at 21:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma of orange, grapefruit, bready malts, a little caramel. Taste is the same, orange and grapefruit, sweet bready malts, caramel, piney resinous bitterness. Medium bodied.
Could've done with a little more bitterness but overall decent effort here.
Gotta say - it's a bizarre collab - can't imagine what input VC would've even had in a beer like this!
Could've done with a little more bitterness but overall decent effort here.
Gotta say - it's a bizarre collab - can't imagine what input VC would've even had in a beer like this!
Tried
from Can
from Thornbridge Brewery
on 15 Jul 2026
at 18:59
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Key at the Fargate, Sheffield. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Aromas of pine, orange, resin. Taste is chewy pine. Bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2026
at 12:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has grapefruit, pine, some flowers, biscuity body. Taste has grapefruit, pine, some resin, at least medium bitterness. Medium bitterness. Typical Thornbridge. Nice beer.
Tried
from Can
from
K-Citymarket (Turku Kupittaa)
on 18 Jun 2026
at 17:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Friends of Ham, Leeds. Hazy-opaque orange-amber. Foamy white head. Aroma has resin and light spice over light but tangy fruit. Flavourwise it's bitter with a stunted resinous, over light fruit with a sour citrus. Underlying watery juice. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Hmm... enjoyable enough but a bit of a damp squid.
Tried
from Draft
at
Friends Of Ham
on 11 Jun 2026
at 19:48